Rick Sutcliffe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-7, 215lb (201cm, 97kg)

Born: June 21, 1956 in Independence, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (21st) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Van Horn HS (Independence, MO).

High School: Van Horn HS (Independence, MO)

Debut: September 29, 1976 (Age 20-100d, 13,836th in major league history)
vs. HOU 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 22, 1994 (Age 38-031d)
vs. ATL 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Barry Axelrod

Full Name: Richard Lee Sutcliffe

Nicknames: Red Baron

Twitter: @Sut_ESPN

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Cy Young
Rookie of the Year
3x All-Star
ERA Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.9

171

139

ERA

4.08

457

392

2697.2

1679

WHIP

1.387

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-17 / in Starts: 21-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 3

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	4	4	Apr 8	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	8-GF(12)	W(1-0)	99	5.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.33	20	5	6	1	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	18	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.70	0.624	4.30	0.60%	2.33	8t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
2	5	8	Apr 12	LAD		ATL	L,2-10	7-8		3	1.2	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.35	2.58	8	1	2	1	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.102	.59	-0.10%	-1.04	7t 1-- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d4
3	6	9	Apr 13	LAD		ATL	L,1-2	5-7		0	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	2.73	9	4	2	0	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.155	2.10	0.14%	1.68	5t 123 2 out d2	7t 3 out d1
4	7	14	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,0-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.90	2.33	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.05	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
5	8	15	Apr 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	2.40	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.063	.59	0.05%	0.87	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
6	9	18	Apr 23	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	9-9		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	2.41	2	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.002	2.16	0.00%	-0.03	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
7	10	19	Apr 24	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-7	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	2.43	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.16	0.01%	0.48	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
8	11	20	Apr 25	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	7-9	L(1-1)	0	2.1	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.30	2.73	13	2	4	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.13	-0.198	2.12	-0.12%	-0.72	7b --- 0 out d1	9b 1-3 1 out a1
9	12	23	Apr 29(2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-6	1-6	L(1-2)	3	5.2	6	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.53	3.15	22	7	7	0	3	6		2	2	0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.243	.85	-0.16%	-0.92	1b 12- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	13	26	May 3	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	1	2.37	3.19	34	6	12	1	1	7	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.07	0.296	1.04	0.17%	2.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	14	31	May 8	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	7.0	5	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.41	3.40	29	6	11	2	1	5	56			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.148	.93	0.07%	1.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
12	15	36	May 13	LAD		MON	W,8-2	GS-5	W(4-2)	4	5.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.55	3.56	24	5	9	0	2	5	46			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.77	0.127	1.01	0.10%	0.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
13	16	41	May 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-5	L(4-3)	5	5.0	8	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.23	3.56	25	7	7	0	1	8	30			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.341	1.77	-0.34%	-2.63	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
14	17	46	May 25	LAD		CIN	W,17-6	GS-8	W(5-3)	5	8.0	14	6	6	0	7	1	0	3.74	3.42	38	8	10	3	3	13	37			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.037	.68	-0.03%	-2.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out a11
15	18	51	May 30	LAD		SFG	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.04	3.55	30	10	13	6	2	2	40			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.212	1.80	-0.20%	-1.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	19	56	Jun 4	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.79	3.70	33	8	16	1	1	4	70			0	1	1	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.395	1.36	0.25%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
17	20	60	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-6	L(6-4)	4	6.0	8	4	3	3	3	0	0	3.84	3.66	27	5	8	1	0	8	42			2	0	1	23	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.41	-0.131	1.41	-0.08%	-0.90	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
18	21	64	Jun 13	LAD		STL	W,9-8	GS-9	W(7-4)	3	8.2	12	6	2	5	8	1	0	3.66	3.71	42	9	8	1	1	12	47			0	0	1	36	1	0	0	1	1	1	.39	0.099	.33	0.05%	-1.91	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a3
19	22	69	Jun 19	LAD		CHC	L,4-7	GS-7	L(7-5)	5	6.0	5	6	5	8	0	0	0	3.91	3.91	31	7	11	1	4	5	32			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.356	.98	-0.13%	-2.18	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out tie
20	23	74	Jun 25	LAD		SDP	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.91	3.92	26	11	6	1	1	5	57			1	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.020	.29	-0.01%	0.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	24	78	Jun 29	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	GS-8	L(7-6)	3	8.0	9	5	4	7	2	0	0	3.95	3.99	38	5	15	1	1	9	41			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.27	-0.363	.24	-0.04%	-1.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	25	82	Jul 3	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-7)	3	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.95	3.87	28	7	9	1	0	7	54			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.058	.08	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
23	26	86	Jul 8	LAD	@	MON	W,8-6	GS-8	W(8-7)	4	7.1	5	3	1	4	4	0	0	3.78	3.84	31	8	10	2	0	5	60			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.086	.03	0.00%	1.23	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a5
24	27	91	Jul 13	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(8-8)	4	8.0	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.76	3.81	33	7	13	2	1	6	57			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	0	.98	0.031	.04	0.00%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
25	28	95	Jul 20	LAD		MON	W,6-5	GS-9		6	8.1	11	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.66	3.71	35	3	16	0	3	11	56			0	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.69	0.022	.04	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
26	29	100	Jul 25	LAD		PHI	W,16-8	GS-9	W(9-8)	4	8.2	8	8	8	5	2	1	0	3.94	3.82	39	11	13	0	4	8	33			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.177	.01	0.00%	-4.12	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a8
27	30	105	Jul 30	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-6		4	5.2	7	4	4	4	4	2	0	4.03	3.98	28	5	8	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.244	.05	-0.01%	-1.58	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	31	109	Aug 4	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	6	3	2	0	4.02	4.16	29	5	13	3	0	2	52			3	1	1	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.054	.01	0.00%	0.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
29	32	114	Aug 9	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	GS-6	W(10-8)	4	5.2	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.04	4.09	29	6	8	2	2	11	37			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
30	33	119	Aug 15	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-8	W(11-8)	5	7.2	5	4	4	4	5	0	0	4.07	4.04	31	5	12	1	2	5	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.342	.00	0.00%	1.35	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a4
31	34	124	Aug 20	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-6	L(11-9)	4	5.2	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.04	4.11	26	5	9	2	1	5	50			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	.90	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.32	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d2
32	35	129	Aug 26	LAD		STL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(12-9)	5	8.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.92	4.03	32	9	13	1	3	8	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.316	.00	0.00%	2.72	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
33	36	134	Aug 31	LAD		CHC	W,6-4	GS-9	W(13-9)	4	8.1	3	2	2	1	4	1	1	3.84	4.03	29	6	14	1	0	3	72			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.350	.00	0.00%	2.69	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	37	139	Sep 5	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-8		4	7.1	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.84	4.06	29	8	12	0	0	5	56			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.073	.00	0.00%	1.08	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out a1
35	38	143	Sep 9	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-7	W(14-9)	3	7.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.75	4.02	29	5	12	1	2	5	64			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.338	.00	0.00%	2.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
36	39	147	Sep 14	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-9)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	3.60	4.01	32	11	13	2	3	3	78			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.635	.00	0.00%	4.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	40	152	Sep 19	LAD		SFG	W,7-2	GS-8	W(16-9)	4	7.2	3	2	2	3	9	0	0	3.55	3.93	29	8	9	3	0	0	71			1	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	.59	0.266	.00	0.00%	1.31	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a5
38	41	157	Sep 25	LAD	@	SFG	W,11-2	GS-8	W(17-9)	5	7.2	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.52	3.93	28	9	11	1	2	4	65			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.065	.00	0.00%	1.29	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a8
39	42	162	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	L,2-3	CG	L(17-10)	4	9.0	7	3	2	2	7	0	0	3.46	3.85	36	7	13	2	2	7	68			3	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.42	-0.126	.00	0.00%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							22-17		W-L:17-10	3.6	242.0	217	104	93	97	117	16	2	3.46	3.85	1016	0.65		7%	8%	203	53	6	33%	23	8	5	892	28	2	6	15	9	6	1.05	1.709	.52	0.24%	12.73

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